You have entered the dungeon: Evil IncarnateUndergrowth of the DeepdwellersObjective: Lay your hand upon the Heart of the Undergrowth.Jake came to and opened his eyes just as the message appeared. He quickly skimmed it and frowned. This was the first time he entered a non-challenge dungeon that didn’t tell him to just go kill a big boss. Instead, he had to touch some Heart? He assumed it was a figurative thing, but with magic, he could totally see some massive beating mushroom or plant heart being a thing.He found himself within a small, damp cave, and outside a vast underground cavern sprawled out before him. Walking out of the small cave, he finally saw the landscape—because it was truly a landscape.The entire cavern looked to have a width of at least ten kilometers and a length that spanned longer than he could even see. A constant damp mist hung everywhere, making him unable to see all the way to the other end despite his insane Perception.Jake found the biome quite interest

One can have too much of a good thing. Something that would usually be highly beneficial could become unstable and even destructive in too large of amounts or too high a concentration. Life energy was no exception.The Deepdwellers were infused with so much life that their entire bodies couldn’t take it anymore, and all had to be released. This resulted in the explosion that infused everything caught in it with so much life it died—only to rise again.The massive area infected by the explosion suddenly sprang to life once more, with massive plants and mushrooms growing rapidly. The only ones that didn’t rise were the Deepdwellers, who had been the cause of the explosion. Their lives had been fuel for growth, as the life energy had to come from somewhere.Yet this growth would only be temporary, a single cycle before the innate life energy in the entire area was used up. It would take years for it to return to a stable state once more. It was a sacrifice the Fungalmancers had been will

Jake guessed he had to go get the Golden Mushroom at some point, but quite frankly, it just made everything easier for him currently. Jake just had to shoot in the general direction of the mushroom, and he was sure to hit several targets at once when his arrow went boom.He had also inadvertently made the troll mad now, properly drawing the lines between the three competing factions. Jake called it competing, but his contribution as a faction was just bombarding them from several kilometers away with arcane death.Half of the warriors were dead by now, the troll’s healing seemed slower, and the Warlord was still nowhere to be seen after it had been blasted away. So Jake switched his focus to the Fungalmancers to take those down.One of them tried to avoid Jake by sinking into the ground, but that turned out to be a very bad idea. The troll stomped on the ground, and a block of earth emerged—the Fungalmancer within it. With a mighty swing, the entire block was smashed apart, sending ro

Yes, that’s good. A bit more detail there to the le—yeah, just like that."Miranda directed the young man before her while he controlled his flames with grace and beauty to carve the large statue. It depicted three hooded humanoid figures standing on top of a lagoon with small rune-like symbols inscribed upon it. The details were impeccable, and she had spent many weeks with the sculptor to get the details down to perfection, or at least as close as mortally possible.Felix had done wonderful work on all of the statues he had carved, and had already made ones for several gods. He was the resident statuemaker of Haven and was so far the only one who had crafted them, always in collaboration with someone blessed by the god in question or someone knowledgeable about said god. As to why it was him every time? In fairness, so there wouldn’t be any discussions about better sculptors being allowed to make certain statues.Well, there was still a bit of light bias, as Miranda had been waiting

Jake knew his class was considered good based solely on the stat points it gave and the—in his opinion—not very restrictive downsides it had. Yet he hadn’t expected it to grant him a legendary-rarity skill right at level 120, much less one that would give him such mixed feelings.[Domination of the Avaricious Arcane Hunter (Legendary)] – Your avarice knows no bounds, and you claim whatever you decide belongs to you. Allows the Avaricious Arcane Hunter to initiate a Soulbinding Contract with other living beings, forcing them to serve you if they surrender to your desires while making them more inclined to work towards realizing your avaricious goals. Any bound being will serve you for life, and your demise will mean their deaths, while your advancement will give them opportunities to continue serving you. In your arrogance and avarice, you have even become able to force those above your level to serve you. Your ability to dominate a target or not is determined on an individual basis. T